Ryan George, 19, died after falling near Illilouette Falls, the second fatal incident involving a young Yosemite visitor and ...

A proposed mine inside neighboring Lake Clark National Park is moving forward, raising concerns about bears and other ...

A 19-year-old hiker died on Utah's Mount Timpanogos and several others suffered injuries while sheltering from a storm in a mountaintop structure.

The leaves may just be starting to change, but at Backpacker, we’re in full fall mode. In September, we got around, logging a few last paddling days and flying to South America in search snow before ...

How we reported this story: We tracked down and interviewed Warren Sherick Jr., the artist behind the sculptures that have caused controversy on the PCT. We also reached out to Erin Collier, the ...

One hiker’s hack is just another hiker’s smart idea. Backpack for long enough and you’ll find yourself with your own bag of tricks—smart moves that make things easier, lighter, cheaper, or just more ...

Books are a contentious item among ultralight backpackers. Sure, a little entertainment can help pass long hours in the tent during storms or help you settle into camp at night. But reading material ...

After five years and over 100 stories, I’m moving on from my post as Backpacker’s ultralight columnist. There’s a lot I could say about the people I’ve met, the stories I’ve told, and the trips I’ve ...

The trail passes through the 3,000-foot-high Logar Valley cinematic as a Peter Jackson sequence: Gnarled apple trees and wildflowers line long, narrow fields of bright green grass, and forests of ...

When a ranger showed up at the door of David Gregory’s cabin in Phantom Ranch and told him to start getting his gear together, he wasn’t worried at first. “She says ‘you might want to just kind of ...

In what rescuers called a “mentally challenging” operation, a team of three young climbers safely descended Mt. Shasta over the weekend after spending an unplanned night on the peak with no warm sleep ...

Dale ‘Grey Beard’ Sanders, 91, was about two tenths of a mile from the top of Mount Katahdin when he took a hard fall. Just steps away from becoming the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian ...